first the light was poor when the birds were very close and then the sun was up but the birds were covered by twigs and then the sun was going down--what we need is some snow for reflection--some querky shots here

a notable influx of Fieldfare over recent days has swelled the numbers cleaning up the remaining hawhtorn berries around the local pits--also posted here a Cormorant courtesy of Ben Bradshaw and his angling buddies with half a wing remaining and a fine male Blackbird

Sunday, November 20, 2005

herewith the Slavonian Grebe on Hotel pit at Barton 19.11 and one of the two Twite on the Humber bank near Far Ings 20.11---the latter would have been in better light had they not been flushed for 10 mins by a dog walker throwing a branch over them as I photographed the birds---verbal restraint was excercised but only just!

this very confiding Purple Sandpiper at Covenham was not only beautifully lit by the sun but the background water even looked a nice deep blue--it had adopted a small hole in the concrete bank where it was sleeping---it only flew for about 5 seconds so getting a flight shot was a real bit of luck

the Covenham Long-tailed Duck was typically fligthy today but at one stage proved to be quite co-operative--the transgressions of a single boat into the wildfowl sanctuary area flushed the bird on a regular basis